Bearing



Lamb@ .TESSIE B. WILLIAMS, OF GRANITEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BEARING.

Application :tiled October 27, 1921.

To @ZZ Hi/10m 'it Wmy/ concern.'

Be it known. tliatwlnssm B. iViLLiAMs, a citizen oi the United States, residing at `Graniteville, in the county of Aiken and State of South Carolina. has invented. cern tain new and useful Improvements in Bearings, ot which the following is a specifica tion, reference being had therein to the aceompanying drawing.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in bearings and more particularly to bearing` adapted for use in connection with the whip roll stand. or whip roll bearing of looms.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a bearing, of the character described, which may be used in connection with the whip roll stands of whip roll bearings now commonly in use, my improved form of bearing being adapted for easy placement or renewal.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a bearing constructed of wood or other similar iiber which may be saturated with oil, or other lubricant. said `aturation doing away with further lubricating of the parts and preventing stains upon the cloth or yarn carried by the loom.

,lilith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details of construction. and arrangement of parts, described in the following specification and illustrated in 'the 'accompanying drawings. and while l have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of the invention it will be understood that such changes may be made as will fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. l is a side elevation of a whip roll stand or bearing showing my improved form of bearing block applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved form of bearing block.

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the block shown in Fig. 2.

l is a side elevation showing a slightly modified form of whip roll bearing and bearing block used in connection therewith.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of4 the block shown in Fig. 4, and

Fig. 6 is a top plan of the block shown in Fig. 5.

.ln carrying out my invention l indicates a whip roll stand or bearing, of usual con* Serial. No. 510,685.

struction, having an elongated opening 2 adjacent the lower end for adjusting purposes. At the upper end the stand is provided with the recesses 3 whicliin the ordinary form of stand form the bea-rings for the rolls. Bly invention consists in providing a removable bearing block et adapted for use in connection with the stand or bearing l said block being preferably of hickory although it -might be of maple or other similar fiber.

The block has on the lower edge a plurality of tongues or projections 5 adapted to be received in the recesses 3. A recess 6 is formed in the upper edge of the block, intermediate the ends thereof, and forms a bearing for the rolls. As shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings this recess is preferably slightly oli*i center so that the position of the roll, with respect to the loom, may be adjusted aspdesired. The block is provided at each end with an overlying tongue or projection 7 which extends over the ends of the stand or bearing 1. The block Il is preferably of the same width as the stand or bearing l, as shown more particularly in F ig. 3 of the drawings.r and will be saturated with oil or similar lubricant.

ln Figs. 4f, 5 and 6 of the drawings l have illustrated a slightly modified form of bracket or bearing and bearing block to be usedl in connection therewith. In this form of the invention the bracket or bearing is indicated at 8, being' similar to constructions now commonly in use upon looms, and this bracket is provided adjacent one end with an opening 9 to receive ashaft or other suitable support. .Adjacent the opposite end the bracket has the recesses l0 formed in its upper face, said recesses ordinarily forming bearings for the rolls of looms. My improved form of bearing block, used in connection with this form of bracket, is shown at 11 and is provided on the lower edge with the longitudinally spaced tongues or projections 12 adapted for insertion in the recesses l0. A. recess 13 is formed in the upper edge of the block and forms a bearing for the rolls. The block 1l is also provided on the forward end with an overlying projection 14 .exs tending over the forward end of the bracket, and the rear end is provided with the projection l5, extending for some little distance over the upper face of the bracket. The block l1 will preferably be of the same width or thickness as the bracket and will be saturated with oil or other suitable lubricant.

From the above detail description it Will be seen that I have provided a bearing block adapted. for use in connection' with the Whip roll stand or bearings now commonly in use, the said. bearingblock being constructed oit wood or similariiber saturated Awith oil or other lubricant. The bearingblocl may be` readily placed in position and is held therein Without ythe use of screws or similar fastening); devices, the projections on the bearing block being oit' such a size and shape vas to snuglyvt the bearing,Y recesses now commonly provided in Whip roll stands or bearings used in connection with looms. ritter `he l'rearinpblocks have been installed it is not necessary to again lubricate them, this means a safvinp,` oi oil, and prevents oil stains in the cloth or intheyarn. As shown and described in the block described in Figs. l, 2 and 3 the bearing recess 6 is slightly oli" center. I have this recess oli' center so that When the standl is bolted to the loom the Whip rollsh attwvill be p arallcl over the vtrarne of the loom in order to make the let oii' arm perpendicular so that itwill cause the loom tov let ofi" correctly.' As previously stated while the bearing block is preferably made oi'i hickory it might, if desired, be made ot maple or other suitable fiber.

Having fully described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a Whip roll stand or bearing, having longitudinally spaced recesses on its upper face, of a removable bearing block, said removable bearing block having av recess in its upper face and longitudinally spaced projections on the lower edge adapted for reception in the recesses.

2. The combination With a Whip roll stand or bearing having longitudinally spaced re cesses in its upper face, of a removable bearing block, said removable bearing block having a recess in its upper face, longitudinally spaced projections on its lower edge adapted for insertion in the recesses of the stand or bearing, and Vend projections adapted to cverlie the ends of the stand or bearing.

3. fibrous bearing block for Whip roll stands or the like, said block being relatively long` and provided on its upper surface, intermediate its ends, with a transversely extending recess and on its under surface.

with relatively deep transversely extending recesses forming longitudinally spaced proliections.

In testimony Whereot` I hereunto atiiX my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J ESSIE B. WILLIAMS.

Viitnesses: v l i E. F. I'IARLING, H. E. DILL. 

